Tortoise Yard Prep

[maplewood]

This Spring I will begin building Spur’s outdoor pen and I just wanted to get some ideas on plants I should plant? I have a couple ideas but I wanted to pull some wisdom as well. I pulled that large vine out so the only thing I have in the back now is Bermuda grass and rose bushes [emoji41]

 

[Big Charlie]

Hibiscus, grape vines, Rose of Sharon, fruitless mulberry tree (I've been trying to find a dwarf variety), lilac, gazania, cape honeysuckle, Australian blue hibiscus, lavatera, dandelions..

 

[Yvonne G]

Dudley's favorite place to relax in the shade is a large pineapple guava bush.

 

[wellington]

Hibiscus, grape vines, Rose of Sharon, fruitless mulberry tree (I've been trying to find a dwarf variety), lilac, gazania, cape honeysuckle, Australian blue hibiscus, lavatera, dandelions..

This is where I got my fruitless mulberry trees from. They are dwarf, like only grows to 10 feet I think it is.
https://www.coastalsilkworms.com/dwarf-mulberry-tree-1qrt.html

 

[Salspi]

Why does it have to be fruitless mulberry?

 

[Tom]

Why does it have to be fruitless mulberry?

Because the ones that make fruit are very messy, and because the copious quantities of fruit that would fall to the ground in a tortoise enclosure would be bad for the tortoise.

 

[Big Charlie]

This is where I got my fruitless mulberry trees from. They are dwarf, like only grows to 10 feet I think it is.
https://www.coastalsilkworms.com/dwarf-mulberry-tree-1qrt.html

Thanks. I've checked there many times but they are always out of stock.

 

[wellington]

Thanks. I've checked there many times but they are always out of stock.

They only ship them once a year that I know of. I don't remember when that is.

 

[Big Charlie]

They only ship them once a year that I know of. I don't remember when that is.

I think it is March, so I'll check back around then.

 

[maplewood]

Thank y’all so much! And it does look like they ship out in March and they apparently sell out fast!